Model kits first appeared in the 1930s and became increasingly popular in the 1950s. Today almost any prototype car, lorry, train. plane or shop can be found as a plastic kit. The plastic is ...

While autos are in a sales slump during the coronavirus shutdown, build-it-yourself plastic versions at 1/25th the size are flying off the shelves. Revell, the 77-year-old model kit-maker that was ...